1 Kings 14:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

BSB

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ASV

and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

KJV

And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And there were also Sodomites in the land, Such as were addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men, which the men of Sodom were guilty of, from whence they had their name: Jarchi interprets the word adultery and some versions render it whoremongers; and filthy actions of this nature, both by men and women, usually attended idolatrous practices among the heathens; in their temples and groves such wickednesses were privately perpetrated: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel; the Canaanites, of whose uncleannesses, incests, and bestialities, see Lev 18:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was strange that David would marry his son Solomon to an Ammonitess (for it was done while he lived), but it is probable that Solomon was in love with her, because she was Naamah, a beauty (so it signifies), and his father was loth to cross him, but it proved to have a very bad influence upon posterity.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They dishonoured God by one sin and then God left them to dishonour themselves by another. They profaned the privileges of a holy nation, therefore God gave them up to their own hearts' lusts, to imitate the abominations of the accursed Canaanites; and herein the Lord was righteous.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There were also sodomites in the land - קדשים kedeshim, consecrated persons; persons who had devoted themselves, in practices of the greatest impurity, to the service of the most impure idols.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
קָדֵ֖שׁ	ka.Desh	cult prostitute[s]	H6945 →
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
בָאָ֑רֶץ	va.'A.retz	in the land	H776 →
עָשׂ֗וּ	'a.Su	they did	H6213 →
כְּכֹל֙	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת	ha.to.'a.Vot	the abominations of	H8441 →
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הוֹרִ֣ישׁ	ho.Rish	he had dispossessed	H3423 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:9–10
  We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Ephesians 5:4–5
  Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
- Leviticus 20:13
  If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Revelation 21:8
  But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
Through
2 Kings 23:7
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:12
  He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:46
  He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 23:17
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
leads to
- 2 Kings 23:7
  He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings